Fourth CEO Quits Council as Trump Dares Them to Go
Pressure Mounts for Executives to #QuitTheCouncil
President Donald Trump has just lost his fourth CEO in two days in response to his lackadaisical response to white supremacism and handling of Saturday’s violence and murder surrounding the ideology.
CEO’s of Intel, Under Armour, and Merck on Monday quit Trump’s manufacturing jobs council.
Tuesday morning the President lost another, and it’s a big one.
Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, on Twitter announced simply, “I’m resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it’s the right thing for me to do.”
I’m resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it’s the right thing for me to do.
— Scott Paul (@ScottPaulAAM) August 15, 2017
The Alliance for American Manufacturing is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition whose mission is “to explore common solutions to challenging public policy topics such as job creation, infrastructure investment, international trade, and global competitiveness.”
In other words, that’s exactly the group Trump should want on his council.
But apparently, he doesn’t care.
Paul posted his tweet at 11:37 AM.
Trump had posted this tweet just minutes earlier:
For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2017
Meanwhile, public pressure is mounting for all CEO’s to quit the council. An LA Times columnist writes, “The question isn’t why Merck’s boss quit Trump’s CEO council; it’s why any other CEOs are staying.”
And there are still about two dozen CEO’s actively on the council. Politico’s Dan Diamond posted the undated list:
With the Alliance for American Manufacturing quitting Trump’s manufacturing council, here’s an updated list of members. pic.twitter.com/XIrNrWaWvb
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) August 15, 2017
Business Insider just published a list also, including any comments they’ve made supporting their decision to remain.
There’s a hashtag for encouraging CEO’s to quit:Â #QuitTheCouncil.
Thrilled to see @ColorOfChange‘s new #QuitTheCouncil hashtag! #GrabYourWallet & tell remaining CEOs to do just that: https://t.co/dT51YAueyT pic.twitter.com/0bsdwrHaOD
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 15, 2017
.@JeffImmelt & @generalelectric You can’t claim not to tolerate racism and yet tolerate it when it suits your needs. #quitthecouncil
— Bill Shapiro (@Bill_Shapiro) August 15, 2017
@CampbellSoupCo Surely you don’t want to be labeled #SoupNazis right? #QuitTheCouncil and you won’t be. https://t.co/Mu3FEdItGI
— Julie K (@ProfJulie616) August 15, 2017
Dear @tim_cook
Please #QuitTheCouncil before you ruin the rep of @Apple and @AuburnU over Trump’s #racism
Thank you, and #WarEagle
— Matt Moses (@MosesInExile) August 15, 2017
1) Use our #complicitCEOs tracker: https://t.co/B0KD8H7Gy6
2) Read this thread to learn how to best apply pressure so they #quitthecouncil https://t.co/KnKf1l10Pu— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) August 15, 2017
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